Enlightenment themes driiving me nuts!!

Bes · 22 Jun 2007 at 00:29

Hi

I have found some nice themes over at freshmeat but when I go to download/ install, they are tar/gz files... I know various guides say to rename it to .etheme and it will work but it doesn't- what am I doing wrong? How do I install these things?

Thanks

leezer3 · 22 Jun 2007 at 00:51

They're archives. You are going to need to extract them first.
As a rule, this should work:

Code:

tar xvf [i]archive[/i]

This page has a pretty comprehensive manual for the tar command http://www.computerhope.com/unix/utar.htm

-Leezer-

Bes · 22 Jun 2007 at 00:56

I know how to use Tar

There is no way these things will work though- if i untar them nothing that is extracted is of any use... Enlightenment does not recognise any of the files as themes

leezer3 · 22 Jun 2007 at 01:21

No probs, but you've gotta ask sometimes

Are you running E17?
If so, you're going to want to extract & recompile the theme in E17's format.
Extract the tar somewhere convienient & create a new shell-script in the theme's base directory, containing this:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
edje_cc $@ --image_dir . --font_dir . default.edc -o mytheme.edj

You should now be able to run this script & the file it creates should hopefully be understood. Whether its 100% compatible with E17 is another matter.

The themes page on thier wiki might also be of some help-
http://www3.get-e.org/E17_User_Guide/English/_pages/3.9.html

Don't have Enlightenment running myself (Gnome man!) or I would have noticed this earlier. Basically, the theme format changed between the current stable version & the current branch, which I presume you're running, otherwise it should have recognised it straight off.

-Leezer-

Bes · 22 Jun 2007 at 09:52

Thanks.

I am running latest stable which is actually still e16 (v .16.999..something). Everyone is saying just rename the file and it will work. :confused:

I will try your method anyway though, thanks.

Bes · 22 Jun 2007 at 10:35

And it does not work as there is no .edc file to build from apparently

OK it looks like it actually is v 0.17 eventhough it shows as v0.16.999.xxx in the about section of e :confused:

No compatibility in that case- never mind!